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• Claudia

  [People]

  Claudia was a woman of the church at Rome who, together with Eubulus, Pudens, and Linus, sent greetings to Timothy in 2 Timothy 4:21. She is named in only this one verse of the Bible.

• Melita

  [Bible]

  Melita is the Mediterranean island where Paul came ashore after his ship was wrecked while he was being taken to Rome as a prisoner. It appears in Acts 28 and is traditionally identified with present-day Malta.

• Ransom

  [Bible]

  Ransom is an Old Testament term for a price paid in place of a life or a person. The half shekel paid at the census in Exodus 30 is a representative example, and the concept is linked to the New Testament idea of Christ's life given as a ransom.

• Nicopolis

  [Bible]

  Nicopolis is a city mentioned in Titus 3:12, where Paul had decided to spend the winter and to which he summoned Titus. The name means "city of victory" in Greek.

• Merodach

  [Bible]

  Merodach is the Hebrew rendering of Marduk, the chief god of ancient Babylon. It appears in Jeremiah 50:2 in a prophecy of Babylon's fall and also forms part of the names of Babylonian kings.

• Nard

  [Bible]

  Nard is a precious aromatic ointment made from the roots of a plant that grows in the Himalayan region. In the Bible it appears in the Song of Solomon and the Gospels. It is best known as the "pure nard" (KJV "spikenard") that a woman poured on Jesus.

• Sumer

  [History]

  Sumer was an ancient civilization that flourished in southern Mesopotamia from the late fourth millennium BC to the early second millennium BC. It left behind cuneiform writing, city-states, and ziggurats. It is frequently discussed in studies of the biblical background in connection with the land of Shinar and Ur of the Chaldees in Genesis.

• Genesis 34

  [Bible]

  Genesis 34 records how, after Shechem violated Jacob's daughter Dinah, Simeon and Levi used a deceitful demand for circumcision to kill the men of the city of Shechem, after which their brothers plundered the city.

• Genesis 40

  [Bible]

  Genesis 40 tells how Joseph, while in prison, interprets the dreams of Pharaoh's chief butler and chief baker. As Joseph foretold, one is restored to his office and the other is executed, but Joseph himself is forgotten.

• Genesis 35

  [Bible]

  In this chapter Jacob puts away the foreign idols in his household, goes up to Bethel, builds an altar, and is again given the name Israel. Rachel dies giving birth to Benjamin, and the chapter continues with a list of Jacob's twelve sons and closes with the death of Isaac.

• Ruth 3

  [Bible]

  Ruth 3 is the chapter in which Ruth, following Naomi's instructions, goes to the threshing floor at night and asks Boaz to take up the responsibility of a kinsman-redeemer, and Boaz promises with an oath to do so.

• Ruth 1

  [Bible]

  Ruth 1 tells how the family of Elimelech, having moved to Moab during a famine in the time of the judges, loses all its men, and how Naomi returns to Bethlehem with her Moabite daughter-in-law Ruth.

• 1 Kings 17

  [Bible]

  1 Kings 17 is the chapter in which Elijah proclaims a drought to Ahab, is sustained at the brook Cherith by food brought by ravens, and then stays in the house of the widow of Zarephath, where the meal and oil do not run out and her dead son is restored to life.

• Psalm 15

  [Bible]

  Psalm 15 is a psalm of David, five verses in length, that answers the question "Who shall abide in the LORD's tabernacle?" by describing the life and conduct of such a person.

• Proverbs 14

  [Bible]

  Proverbs 14 is a chapter in the collection of the Proverbs of Solomon (10:1–22:16). Its 35 verses are short sayings that contrast the wise with the foolish and the righteous with the wicked.

• Jeremiah 44

  [Bible]

  Jeremiah 44 is the chapter in which Jeremiah rebukes the people of Judah who had gone down to Egypt for burning incense to the queen of heaven, and pronounces judgment on those who refuse to listen.

• Hosea 4

  [Bible]

  Hosea 4 is the chapter in which the LORD brings charges against the people and priests of the northern kingdom of Israel. It pronounces judgment on the sin and idolatry that arose from their lack of the knowledge of God.

• Mark 9

  [Bible]

  Mark 9 is the chapter of the Gospel of Mark that recounts Jesus' transfiguration on a high mountain, his healing of a boy possessed by a spirit, his second prediction of his death and resurrection, and the disciples' dispute over who is the greatest, followed by his teaching on servanthood and on causing others to stumble.

• Luke 19

  [Bible]

  Luke 19 contains the account of Zacchaeus, the chief tax collector who welcomed Jesus in Jericho; the parable of the minas; the entry into Jerusalem; Jesus weeping over Jerusalem; and the cleansing of the temple.

• 2 Corinthians 5

  [Bible]

  2 Corinthians 5 is the chapter in which Paul speaks of the earthly body that will be dissolved and of the hope of an eternal house in heaven, and proclaims the new creation in Christ and the ministry of reconciling people to God.